The strange case of a man who began hallucinating whole operas that would start every evening shortly after sunset- he was a 74-year-old retired mathematician who underwent emergency surgery due to an ischemic perforation of the colon. Three days after the operation, he began to suffer from near complete insomnia- his condition deteriorated and 5 days later he admitted, that he heard complete operas at night from the very first to the last chord, ‘and you know how long these operas are’. It got to the point where he feared the first notes of another overture (which reliably rang out soon after sunset)- Mind Hacks
Percentage of piechart that look like buttcrack?- A pie chart at Laughing Squid.
Can you crack this Kaon?
""A person has gone up a tree on a thousand foot precipice. In her mouth she is biting a branch of a tree. Her feet will not step onto the tree and her hands will not pull her onto the branch. Under the tree suddenly there appears [another] person who asks, 'What was the ancestral Master's intention in coming from the west?' Just at that moment, if she opens her mouth to answer she loses body and life, and if she does not answer she goes against what the other is asking. Now say, just at such a moment, what are you able to do?""
If you do, enlightenment is yours-
"Then Acarya Sho of Koto mountain steps out from the assembly and says, "I do not ask about when she has gone up the tree. Before she goes up a tree, please Master say, what is the situation then?"
The Master bursts into loud laughter."
Read what all this is about at Bodhi Armour.
Charles Dickens is Dead- "Wherever the English language is spoken the intelligence we publish this morning of the decease of Mr Charles Dickens will be received with feelings of deep regret. Early last night it became known that the distinguished novelist had been seized with paralysis, at his residence, Gadshill, Kent, and the brief information given in the telegram pointed to the probability of a fatal issue."- Guardian
People who meditate have a larger brain- hippocampus, and some parts of the orbito-frontal cortex, thalamus and the inferior temporal gyrus- all are bigger than normal. These regions are the ones that regulate emotions- that is why people who meditate have better control on their emotions (That's news for me!)- Science Daily
Scary News- Computers are not good for health: in the US, injuries caused by people tripping over computer wires or getting hit by falling equipment rose from about 1,300 a year to 9,300 a year, an increase of 732 percent nationwide.- Forbes
But not as scary as this: "Long-line fishing boat captain Rodney Solomon reeled in a missile in the Gulf of Mexico, about 50 miles (80km) off Panama City in Florida. Finding a hole in the missile, Mr Solomon assumed it had gone off. He kept it as a souvenir and went on fishing for more than a week." What do you do when you net a live air-to-air missile?- BBC News
And strange to say Reincarnation: "A Muslim boy living in the Canadian province of Newfoundland who, after a visit to India, became convinced that he had lived a previous life in that country. This was so unsettling for him and his family that he was taken to a psychiatrist to be “cured”. He described his past life, as a man named Ram, who had three brothers and a sister and died aged 29 from a hole in the heart. He was also able to give other details, including describing the inside of his house. Locals are said to have confirmed that a man named Ram lived there about 30 years ago and verified other details he provided."- Paranormal Review
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